Monday, September 13, 2010

Downtown This Week 9/13/2010 - 9/20/2010

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Lowell Open Studios 2010 - Saturday & Sunday, September 25 & 26, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM. - Featuring more than 140 artists who live and work in Lowell: fiber artists, painters, multi-media artists, sculptors, potters, jewelers, filmmakers, photographers, and more.  For more information visit www.lowellopenstudios.org.

In this issue
Retail & Restaurant News
Sports & Events
Museum & Gallery News
Retail & Restaurant News 
 
Barnes and Noble, 151 Merrimack Street: AUTHOR SIGNING and READING, Thursday, September 23 from 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM.  Teaching From the Middle of the Room:  Inviting Students to Learn, by Frank Thoms, invites his readers- -teachers, administrators, parents, and interested citizens - -to reexamine and reform the traditional culture of classroom teaching. Beautifully designed in an appealing layout, the book offers profound thoughts in bite-sized pieces. Thoms's bookstore readings actively engage audiences, as he uses his exemplary teaching skills to create dialogue and communicate his book's unique message. Frank Thoms, a resident of Lowell, is a lifelong classroom teacher, consultant, and writer.  All events are free. Events may change without notice, please call the 978-458-3939 to confirm.   
 
Cobblestones Restaurant
, 91 Dutton Street: Best Game in Town. Now, Sunday to Sunday!  Patriots Pre Game Promos & Wild American Game Specials Through Super Bowl Sunday & Improv Lowell returns! 2nd Friday of every month Starting Friday September 17th; Call for details!  978-970-2282. 
 
Sports & Events 
 

 

Lowell Farmers Market:  Locally grown produce is better tasting, better for you, better for our local economy and better for our global environment!  Open every Friday from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM through October 22nd at JFK Plaza, Lowell City Hall Live cooking demonstrations at 4:30 PM.  For more information contact Community Teamwork, Inc. (978) 459-0551. 
   
The Pollard Library Teen Writers Group is looking for young people interested in writing and in publishing The Lowell Moon - the library's teen newsletter. Share your poetry, artwork, book reviews, movie reviews, music reviews and more. Open to young people grades 7 - 12.  Wednesday, September 15 from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM.  For more information, contact Beth Brassel, YA Librarian, at 978-970-4119 or ebrassel@mvlc.org or visit www.pollardml.org.
 
Outdoor  Screening of "No Impact Man".  See the award-winning documentary No Impact Man which chronicles the highly publicized story of Colin Beavan and Michelle Conlin who embarked on a controversial year-long "No Impact Project" to reduce their carbon footprint to zero by completely giving up their Manhattan lifestyle. " Tuesday, September 14, 6:30 PM: Meet-n-greet, 7:00 PM: Film screening.  OUTDOORS at the Market Mills Courtyard, 246 Market Street (next to the National Park Visitor Center).  Free admission.  More Information: www.lowellfilmcollaborative.org.
 
  
The Jack Kerouac Literary Festival & Lowell Celebrates Kerouac's 25th Anniversary, September 30 - October3: The new, expanded Kerouac Festival features readings by notable writers and poets, a keynote talk about Kerouac and bohemian culture, a panel discussion on art and commerce, tours of Kerouac's literary places in Lowell, a children's book illustrators' exhibit, musical performances, films, and more!  For more information visit: www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org.
Museum & Gallery News 
 
 
American Textile History Museum, 491 Dutton Street: High Style: Betsy Bloomingdale and the Haute Couture, August 14 - January 2.  This exhibit gives a rare and fascinating glimpse into the personal world of style of Betsy Bloomingdale, one of America's most celebrated socialites and fashion icons.  For more information visit www.athm.org.
 
The Loading Dock Gallery Members Show, What I Do & Where I Do It,
Thursday, September 2 - Sunday, September 26. For more information visit 
www.theloadingdockgallery.com. 
 
Brush Art Gallery & Studio
, 256 Market Street: Children's Book Illustrators, September 19 - October 24.  Curated and organizedbyWill Winslow. Opening Reception: Saturday, October 2 from 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM.  F
or more information please visit
  www.thebrush.org
  
The Whistler House Museum of Art:  Two Exhibits, Exhibit 1 - In the Parker Gallery, Meredith Fife Day: 35 Years, A Beginning - September 16 to October 30, Reception Saturday, September 18, 2:00 PM  to  5:00 PM.  Exhibit 2 - In the Members Room, Brenden Keegan: Pen & Ink Drawings - September 16 to Oct. 30, 2010 Reception Saturday, September 18, 2:00 PM to 5:00 PMFor more information visit www.whistlerhouse.org  

Western Avenue Studios, 122 Western Avenue: First Saturday of every month, Noon to 5:00 PM. Western Avenue Studios opens its doors to the public. Come browse the latest works by our artists.  For more information visit www.westernavenuestudios.com.
 
New England Quilt Museum, 18 Shattuck Street: Contemporary Broderie Perse: An Elegant Revival, July 15 - October 17,  Text and Textile Extravaganza, September 25, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM.     
For more information visit www.nequiltmuseum.org.
 
119 Gallery, 119 Chelmsford Street: Landscape as Process, September 21 - October 9, Tuesday - Saturday 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Reception: Thursday September 30 at 6:00 PM.  
For more information visitwww.119gallery.org.
 
Got Tickets? 
   

Merrimack Repertory Theatre: 

The Complete World of Sports (abridged) by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor, featuring the Reduced Shakespeare Company , September 9 - October 3.  The "bad boys of abridgement" sprint through the world of sports at record-breaking speed in this brand-new championship comedy.  From the earliest cavemen playing "Neanderthal in the Middle" to your own kid's soccer practice, it'll be a marathon of madness and mayhem as the entire history of world sports explodes in a tour de farce of physical theatre. (Estimated Run Time: 1 hours, 55 minutes including one 15-minute intermission) For more information visit www.merrimackrep.org.
    
 

The Lowell Memorial Auditorium - Tickets are currently available for the NBC's Last Comic Standing Live Tour, September 25 and the Dark Star Orchestra, Continuing the Grateful Dead Concert Experience, October 1.  For other shows and tickets please visit www.lowellauditorium.com.

 

Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell:  Upcoming Shows.  Living Proof with Beth Moore, Friday October 1 at 7:00 PM & Saturday October 2 at 7:00PM, GodsmackFriday, October 8th at 7:30 PM, Riverdance on Ice, Saturday, October 16 at 7:00 PM and Drake, Tuesday October 26 at 7:30 PMFor  more information visit www.uml.edu/tsongascenter.

 
 Business News
 
 
Make sure your Business Stands out!  The City of Lowell is once again offering the Best Retail Practices Program.  Up to $2,500.00 in matching grants to make recommended improvements.  September 14, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, MCC Morse Federal Building, 50 Kearney Square.  Call Erin Findlen at 978-674-1437 or email bestretail@lowellma.gov to sign up.  
 
The City of Lowell is proud to announce an exciting opportunity for businesses, building owners, and residents of Lowell's Downtown Historic District (DLHD) to seek up to $500,000 in combined grant and loan incentives for energy efficiency improvements to their buildings.  The DLHD encompasses much of Lowell's downtown area including the commercial district, millyards, and canal system. The Lowell Historic Board's interactive website makes it easy to check a specific address to see if it is within the Historic District (http://www.lowellma.gov/depts/historic-board/review-districts-permitting/Street%20Listings%20-%20All%20Districts.pdf/view.  Details for the complete Grant Application will be announced in late September
 
The Young Professionals of Greater Lowell will host their fifth annual leadership forum on Thursday, September 23, 2010. This year's event will feature Mark King (CEO and President, Taylor Made-Adidas Golf) and Milton Ezrati (Partner, Sr. Economist and Market Strategist at Lord, Abbett & Co.). A table of 10 is $500. If you'd like information about sponsorships and tables, please email
info@ypgl.org. The on sale date for individual tickets will be determined in the near future. 
 

Lowell Small Business Assistance Center - Intro to QuickBooks. QuickBooks is the easy-to-use computer accounting program millions of small businesses use to organize their finances.  This class will cover basic accounting principles is is designed for beginning QuickBooks users. Monday September 20th and Tuesday, September 21st, 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM, Lowell Small Business Assistance Center, 88 Middle Street, Room 202.  COST: $125.00.  For more information and to register call (978)322-8402.

 
 
 
 Sincerely,
 
 
Christopher Samaras
Downtown Coordinator
Cultural Affairs & Special Events
City of Lowell, 
50 Arcand Drive 
Lowell, MA 01852
t: 978.674-1481
f: 978.446.7089

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